I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.

It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.

I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.

One thing about skating that I don't think people focus on enough is the music factor. The music is a huge component of figure skating. It can dictate not only the choreography but the emotion. If it's not the right music it can ruin a performance.

My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.

Every woman hates her own body. I don't know a woman who doesn't . . . well, I do know a few who love themselves but in the case of most women it's like, "ugh." And when I dress a woman, my design intention is to give them an attitude or a grace, no matter whether it's a wedding gown or ready-to-wear.

Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.